Mustadrak S 3 A 32

إِذَا تَلَوْتَ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى فَأَتَيْتَ عَلَى آيَةٍ فِيهَا أَمْرٌ وَ نَهْيٌ،فَرَدِّدْهَا نَظَراً وَ اعْتِبَاراً فِيهَا،وَ لاَ تَسْهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ،فَإِنَّ نَهْيَهُ يَدُلُّ عَلَى تَرْكِ الْمَعَاصِي،وَ أَمْرَهُ يَدُلُّ عَلَى عَمَلِ الْبِرِّ وَ الصَّلاَحِ،فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يَقُولُ: فَكَيْفَ إِذٰا جَمَعْنٰاهُمْ لِيَوْمٍ لاٰ رَيْبَ فِيهِ وَ وُفِّيَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مٰا كَسَبَتْ وَ هُمْ لاٰ يُظْلَمُونَ ».

Translation:

When you recite the Book of Allah, the Exalted, and you come to a verse containing a command and a prohibition, then repeat it, pondering and taking heed of it, and do not be heedless of that; for His prohibition points to refraining from sins, and His command points to doing righteousness and reform. For Allah, the Exalted, says: “How will it be, then, when We gather them together on a day about which there is no doubt, and every soul shall be paid fully what it has earned, and they shall not be dealt with unjustly?” [Qur’an 3:25, M. H. Shakir]

قوله تعالى:

قُلْ أَطِيعُوا اللّٰهَ وَ الرَّسُولَ فَإِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَإِنَّ اللّٰهَ لاٰ يُحِبُّ الْكٰافِرِينَ[32]

Translation:

Say: Obey Allah and the Messenger; but if they turn back, then surely Allah does not love the unbelievers. [Qur’an 3:32, M. H. Shakir]

99- _1- (تُحَفُ الْعُقُولِ):مِنْ خُطْبَةٍ لِأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) عِنْدَ مَا أَنْكَرَ عَلَيْهِ قَوْمٌ تَسْوِيَتَهُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فِي الْفَيْءِ:

«أَمَّا بَعْدُ-أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ-فَإِنَّا نَحْمَدُ رَبَّنَا وَ إِلَهَنَا وَ وَلِيَّ النِّعْمَةِ عَلَيْنَا،ظَاهِرَةً وَ بَاطِنَةً بِغَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنَّا وَ لاَ قُوَّةٍ إِلاَّ امْتِنَاناً عَلَيْنَا وَ فَضْلاً،لِيَبْلُوَنَا أَ نَشْكُرُ أَمْ نَكْفُرُ،فَمَنْ شَكَرَ زَادَهُ،وَ مَنْ كَفَرَ عَذَّبَهُ.

وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ،أَحَداً صَمَداً،وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدُهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ بَعَثَهُ رَحْمَةً لِلْعِبَادِ وَ الْبِلاَدِ وَ الْبَهَائِمِ وَ الْأَنْعَامِ،نِعْمَةً أَنْعَمَ بِهَا وَ مَنّاً وَ فَضْلاً.

فَأَفْضَلُ النَّاسِ-أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ-عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مَنْزِلَةً،وَ أَعْظَمُهُمْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خَطَراً،أَطْوَعُهُمْ لِأَمْرِ اللَّهِ،وَ أَعْمَلُهُمْ بِطَاعَةِ اللَّهِ، وَ أَتْبَعُهُمْ لِسُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)،وَ أَحْيَاهُمْ لِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ،فَلَيْسَ لِأَحَدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ عِنْدَنَا فَضْلٌ إِلاَّ بِطَاعَةِ اللَّهِ وَ طَاعَةِ رَسُولِهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)،وَ اتِّبَاعِ كِتَابِهِ وَ سُنَّةِ نَبِيِّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)،هَذَا كِتَابُ اللَّهِ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِنَا وَ عَهْدُ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ وَ سِيرَتُهُ فِينَا،لاَ يَجْهَلُهَا إِلاَّ جَاهِلٌ مُخَالِفٌ مُعَانِدٌ،عَنِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ،يَقُولُ اللَّهُ: يٰا أَيُّهَا النّٰاسُ إِنّٰا خَلَقْنٰاكُمْ مِنْ ذَكَرٍ وَ أُنْثىٰ وَ جَعَلْنٰاكُمْ شُعُوباً وَ قَبٰائِلَ لِتَعٰارَفُوا إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ أَتْقٰاكُمْ [1]فَمَنِ اتَّقَى اللَّهَ فَهُوَ الشَّرِيفُ الْمُكْرَمُ الْمُحَبُّ، وَ كَذَلِكَ أَهْلُ طَاعَتِهِ وَ طَاعَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ،يَقُولُ اللَّهُ فِي كِتَابِهِ: إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ اللّٰهَ فَاتَّبِعُونِي يُحْبِبْكُمُ اللّٰهُ وَ يَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ وَ اللّٰهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ [2].وَ قَالَ: أَطِيعُوا اللّٰهَ وَ الرَّسُولَ فَإِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَإِنَّ اللّٰهَ لاٰ يُحِبُّ الْكٰافِرِينَ ».

Translation:

99-/_1- (Tuhaf al-‘Uqul): From a sermon of the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him) when some people objected to his equal treatment of the people in the fay’:

“As for what follows—O people—indeed we praise our Lord and our God, the Bestower of blessings upon us, outward and inward, without any power or might from us, but rather as His favor and grace upon us, so that He may try us whether we give thanks or are ungrateful. Whoever gives thanks, He increases him; and whoever is ungrateful, He punishes him.

I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, alone without partner, One, Self-Sufficient; and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger—He sent him as a mercy for the servants, the lands, the beasts, and the cattle, a blessing He bestowed, a favor and a grace.

So the best of people—O people—in station with Allah, and the greatest of them in rank with Allah, is the one most obedient to Allah’s command, the one who acts most in obedience to Allah, the one who most follows the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and his family), and the one who most revives the Book of Allah. No one from among Allah’s creation has any merit with us except by obeying Allah and obeying His Messenger (may Allah bless him and his family), and by following His Book and the Sunnah of His Prophet (may Allah bless him and his family). Here is the Book of Allah in our midst, and the covenant of the Prophet of Allah and his practice among us—none is ignorant of it except an ignorant, opposing, stubborn one—[that is] from Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Allah says: ‘O men! surely We have created you of a male and a female, and made you tribes and families that you may know each other; surely the most honorable of you with Allah is the one among you most careful (of his duty); surely Allah is Knowing, Aware.’ [Qur’an 49:13, M. H. Shakir][1]

So whoever is Godwary toward Allah—he is the noble, honored, beloved one; and so, too, are the people of His obedience and the obedience of the Messenger of Allah. Allah says in His Book: ‘Say: If you love Allah, then follow me, Allah will love you and forgive you your faults; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.’ [Qur’an 3:31, M. H. Shakir][2] And He said: ‘Obey Allah and the Messenger; but if they turn back, then surely Allah does not love the unbelievers.’ [Qur’an 3:32, M. H. Shakir]”

قوله تعالى:

وَ يُعَلِّمُهُ الْكِتٰابَ وَ الْحِكْمَةَ[48] _2 -(مناقب ابن شهرآشوب):عن ابن جريج،في قوله تعالى: وَ يُعَلِّمُهُ الْكِتٰابَ وَ الْحِكْمَةَ ،إن اللّه تعالى

Translation:

“And He will teach him the Book and the wisdom” [Qur’an 3:48, M. H. Shakir]

_2- (Manaqib Ibn Shahrāshūb): From Ibn Jurayj, regarding His saying, “And He will teach him the Book and the wisdom,” that Allah, the Exalted…

_1) -تحف العقول:183.

Transliteration: Tuhaf al-‘Uqul: 183.

_2) -المناقب 1:226.

Transliteration: al-Manaqib 1:226.

[1] الحجرات 49:13.

Transliteration: al-Hujurāt 49:13.

[2] آل عمران 3:31.

Transliteration: Āl ‘Imrān 3:31.